#hula lou

Hula Lou by Isham Jones & his orchestra. Beulah Annan played this song on repeat for 4 hours after shooting her lover in the back, watching him die. (The inspiration for the play, film & musical, "Chicago". )

A version of the song was also recorded by Sophie Tucker, who Roxie Hart mentions in the song “Roxie Hart” in the musical Chicago. 

Beulah Annan danced to the recording Hula Lou for 2 hours,as her extramarital lover died on her living room sofa. She called her husband, who was all to willing to take the fall, and say he shot a home invader ravaging his wife. Until he figured out the home invader wasn't a home invader. Still he faithfully stuck by his unfaithful wife until she divorce him after acquittal. He was too slow!

“On April 3, 1924, in the married couple's bedroom, Annan shot Kalstedt (her lover) in the back. According to her initial story, they had been drinking wine Kalstedt had brought over, and got into an argument. There was a gun on the bed and both reached for it, but Beulah got it first and shot Kalstedt while he was putting on his coat and hat. She then sat drinking cocktails and playing a foxtrot record, "Hula Lou," over and over for about four hours as she sat watching Kalstedt die. She then called her husband to say she had killed a man who had "tried to make love" to her.” ~ wiki

The trial would give birth to Maurine Watkins’ (Chicago Tribune reporter) play titled, “The Brave Little Woman” and then retitled “Chicago”... later made into a film starring Phyllis Haver as “Roxie”. It’s now called “Play Ball”  to differentiate it from the musical version.

HULA LOU by Nathan Glantz Orchestra on Diamond Disc 51237-L (by cdbpdx)